AHA Nationals explained/example of what to send me

Thank you to those who have already stepped up and committed to brewing certain styles for the April/June national contest. For those who are still wondering, here's an example of what to send to me: John-- Great idea--I would love to see QUAFF get beat this year, so I'll brew and enter 2B--Bohemian Pilsner, 16A--Witbier, and 26B--Braggot. If you need more people to enter category 9--Scottish and Irish Ales, please let me know, as I might be able to commit to brewing one of those as well. I look forward to entering the beers under one MN club name, and thanks for putting this together. It helps me figure out my brewing schedule, now that I know that I need to get those ready for April. Some folks have questions about the nationals, so here's the gist of it-- In April, homebrewers from the U.S. and Canada send their entries to one of nine judging sites across North America, based on which region the brewer is in. This coming spring, one of the sites is in the Twin Cities. The categories this next year will most likely be the new BJCP styles, which were attached to the first message about this opportunity. There is also a category for brewers who have never entered the national contest before. At each site, any brewer who gets a gold medal also earns 6 points for the club that he/she lists as his/her main club. Each silver earns the club 4 points, and each bronze earns the club 2 points. These are added to any points that clubs have earned during the six club-only competitions that the AHA sponsors throughout the year, but most clubs won't have any points from those competitions, and those that do, won't have many. In June, all the medallist brewers from the first round send a beer from the same sub-style (it CAN be from a different batch!) to the national convention site, which will be Baltimore in 2005. Now, all the winning beers from each of the nine sites go against each other (in their respective style categories), and besides earning medals for the individual brewers, points are earned for the club each brewer lists, again on a 6-4-2 basis. They tally up the club points and the club with the most points gets a big trophy, the accolades of the 700 people at the awards dinner, and the admiration/ire of the clubs that didn't do as well. There's no money involved, and the reason that we want to beat QUAFF this year is simply because they're there, and because anytime one team four-peats, everyone else revs up to take their best shot at the dynasty-holders. Many brewers entered under the Saint Paul Homebrewers Club name last year, and the club finished an impressive fourth! If we can get more MN brewers to enter, and to enter under one club name, then the sky's the limit. So, please let me know which sub-styles you can commit to entering, adjust your brew calendar accordingly, then consider the fame for our fine state if we are AHA CLUB OF THE YEAR! Thanks for indulging me-- John